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jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Obviously, if I were wrong, I would be very eager to say so.
Degree versus masculine ordinal: go on, say.
I was wrong.
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PhilW wrote:Only recently? I thought the "moon turning to blood" was Old Testament (maybe New, I forget - it does sound more like something that would come from Revelations).
As revealed to St. John the Divine.
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djewesbury wrote:No. You used a noun: affect. This is a word used by psychologists and refers to emotional states. Please reconsider.
Recalling my lesson, I have just removed a noun “affect” from a footnote. Thank you.
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djewesbury wrote:
PhilW wrote:Only recently? I thought the "moon turning to blood" was Old Testament (maybe New, I forget - it does sound more like something that would come from Revelations).
As revealed to St. John the Divine.
This crime still has not been atoned for.
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jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:No. You used a noun: affect. This is a word used by psychologists and refers to emotional states. Please reconsider.
Recalling my lesson, I have just removed a noun “affect” from a footnote. Thank you.
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djewesbury wrote:This crime still has not been atoned for.
I recognise that my dislike of propositional endings is much stronger than that of the authorities, so this might not be a crime. But it rankled.
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Up with which we will not put?
Regardless. The original crime demands a judgement.
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djewesbury wrote:Up with which we will not put?
Regardless. The original crime demands a judgement.
As a matter of interest, where else in the sentence would you propose to put this proposition?
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djewesbury wrote:As a matter of interest, where else in the sentence would you propose to put this proposition?
Substantial re-wording needed — yes, I know, hence the acknowledgement of my failing in this.
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jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:As a matter of interest, where else in the sentence would you propose to put this proposition?
Substantial re-wording needed — yes, I know, hence the acknowledgement of my failing in this.
Whatevs, babe. Now to the matter of the Book of Revelations.
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djewesbury wrote:Now to the matter of the Book of Revelations.
I thought it was plural, but I see it is not; my error.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=95626#p95626]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=95361#p95361]Here[/url] Doggett wrote:I guessed at a Taylor's Q de TF 88 which I offer for members' amusement.
In the same post Doggett wrote:Did I get my apostrophe right there Julian?
Perfection! Even the use of ‘which’ rather than ‘that’ is commended.
No crime; merely for the record.
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jdaw1 wrote:‘politically-correct’
I changed my mind and thought this deserved citation. I am quite unshakeable on this one; no matter what arguments might be presented I am absolutely certain that any editor or proof reader will tell you this is wrong. Phrases consisting of adjectives modified by attributive adverbs ending in '-ly' should not be hyphenated.
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I vaguely recall that being grammatically correct. Oops.
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jdaw1 wrote:I vaguely recall that being grammatically correct. Oops.
Manfully worn. Well done. Now chastise the politically correct correctly.
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[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=96456#p96456]Here[/url] DRT wrote:Their Colheita's look very reasonably priced
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jdaw1 wrote:
[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=96456#p96456]Here[/url] DRT wrote:Their Colheita's look very reasonably priced
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Clutching at straws, but...
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10131]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:... iff permission is granted, will then do as you say.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iff wrote:In logic and related fields such as mathematics and philosophy, if and only if (shortened iff) is a biconditional logical connective between statements.
In my sentence does “if and only if” fit as an expansion of “iff”? (Clue: yes.)
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djewesbury wrote:Phrases consisting of adjectives modified by attributive adverbs ending in '-ly' should not be hyphenated.
It seems that this was not my first offence of this crime.
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=74984#p74984]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:we have jointly composed this standard advice, that covers the most frequently-seen situations.
Failing sudden pleas for clemency, the hyphen will die.
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The ellipsis bothers me. I recognise that others might be bothered by other things, not necessarily the straight single quotation marks (“'”), but the ellipsis is wrong.

Indeed, the whole message needed editing.
• “Our organisation hates … We object”: singular or plural? Is this pronouncement from the organisation, or from its members? Decide and be consistent.
• What are “food resources”? Just food? And are you object to the food resources — what did they do? — or to their consumption? An editor might have sharpened this to “We object to you consuming so much food.”
• “And we do not understand”: generally, those not understanding should be quiet. Those not understanding often aren’t quiet, but should be.
• Then “why you fail to grasp”: I am tubby, and fully grasp that being less tubby would be good. But not as good as eating and drinking are good.
• And “beatiful” is not beautiful spelling.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=96875#p96875]Here[/url] Doggett wrote:The Niepoort 57 colheita can confirm it's attendance on Tuesday....
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Damn...I had hoped not to appear in this thread! :wink:
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